Improvement in the mode of attaching houses to vehicles



. J. K. ANDREWS.

Attaching Horses to Vehicles. No. 99,278. Pat'ented Feb.- 1,1870.

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Letters Patent No. 99,278, dated February 1,1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN THE MODE OI ATTACHING. HORSES TO VEHICLE S.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters'Patent and making part of the Berna.

To all whom it may concern being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention consists in the combination of leverhooks upon the shaft or pole, with connecting-rods and single-trees, as will be fully described hereinafter.

In the drawings- Figure 1 represents a side; elevation of a pair of v shafts with my improvements attached; v

Figure 2 represents a plan view of the same;

Figure 3, a plan view of a pole with my improvements attached; and

Figure 4, a view of a pair of hames, soarranged as to be easily detached from the collar, when desired.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use myinvention, I will now proceed to fully describe its construction and operation.

A A represent a pair of ordinary shafts, which are provided, near their front ends, with the lever-hooks a a.

b I) represent rods or shafts, extending from the lower arms of the lever-hooks to the ends of the single-tree, as shown.

The hooks proper are caught into the eyes of the hames.

.lfdesired, the single-tree may be located in front of the horse, a cross-bar 0 being provided for that purpose, which latter maybe secured to the shaft in any suitable manner, so as to permitits ready removal, when desired. Spring-catches or simple pins may be used for this purpose.

The single-tree, in front, is connected to the leverhooks a a by the rods 0 c.

The location of the single-tree above or below the bar is, ofcourse, immaterial.

A simple modification of this method adapted for two horses is shown in fig. 3. The single-trees in this case also may be in front or rear, as is desired.

By the arrangement herein described, most of the harness ordinarily employed becomes unnecessary; a bridle, collar, and pair of hames, with a choke-strap andsimple backdoaud, is all that is necessary. The devices employed may be easily constructed and applied by any one. The ordinary collar may be employed, but it is better to use one that is broad upon the top, as the load, in this method of hitching, necessarily comes perpendicularly upon the back of the neck; a simple and cheap method of hitching is obtained, as herein described, which is much more comfortable to the animal, also, than the harness ordinarily employed. 1 do not limit myself to any specific form or special material. v

In order to provide for unloosing the horse from the vehicle, when desired, I employ hames of peculiar construction, as shown in fig. 4. These are preferably secured by a lever, which may be operated to unloose them, by means of a string from the vehicle. I do not limit myself to any particular form of hames.

Having thus fully described my invention, \Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- The combination of the lever-hooks and connecting rods with the single-tree, either before or behind the horse, when applied to a pole or pair of shafts, subst-antially as described, for the purpose set forth.

This specification signed and witnessed, this 27th day of November, 1869. I

JACOB K. ANDREWS.

Witnesses:

HARRY HASTING, F. HILDEBRAND. 

